Aesop's Fables — Aesop
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Aesop's Fables
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- The least outlay is not always the greatest gain. ¶250
- We must make friends in prosperity if we would have their help in adversity. ¶258
- The Ass, the Cock, and the Lion ¶267
- False confidence often leads into danger. ¶269
- The more honor the more danger. ¶272
- He is not to be trusted as a friend who mistreats his own family. ¶286
- A WOLF, passing by, saw some Shepherds in a hut eating a haunch of mutton for their dinner. Approaching them, he said, "What a clamor you would raise if I were to do as you are doing!" ¶288
- The Dolphins, the Whales, and the Sprat ¶289
- They are not wise who give to themselves the credit due to others. ¶293
- He who shares the danger ought to share the prize. ¶296
- Evil wishes, like chickens, come home to roost. ¶303
- Our mere anticipations of life outrun its realities. ¶308
- In quarreling about the shadow we often lose the substance. ¶313
- The Fisherman and the Little Fish ¶319
- The hero is brave in deeds as well as words. ¶323
- The Birdcatcher, the Partridge, and the Cock ¶336
- A FLEA settled upon the bare foot of a Wrestler and bit him, causing the man to call loudly upon Hercules for help. When the Flea a second time hopped upon his foot, he groaned and said, "O Hercules! if you will not help me against a Flea, how can I hope for your assistance against greater antagonists?" ¶342
- Do nothing without a regard to the consequences. ¶345
- The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox ¶348
- It sometimes happens that one man has all the toil, and another all the profit. ¶350
- A DOE hard pressed by hunters sought refuge in a cave belonging to a Lion. The Lion concealed himself on seeing her approach, but when she was safe within the cave, sprang upon her and tore her to pieces. "Woe is me," exclaimed the Doe, "who have escaped from man, only to throw myself into the mouth of a wild beast?" ¶352
- In avoiding one evil, care must be taken not to fall into another. ¶353
- A SEAGULL having bolted down too large a fish, burst its deep gullet-bag and lay down on the shore to die. A Kite saw him and exclaimed: "You richly deserve your fate; for a bird of the air has no business to seek its food from the sea." ¶357
- Every man should be content to mind his own business. ¶358
- The Philosopher, the Ants, and Mercury ¶359
- The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter ¶367
- It shows an evil disposition to take advantage of a friend in distress. ¶371
- THE FOX and the Leopard disputed which was the more beautiful of the two. The Leopard exhibited one by one the various spots which decorated his skin. But the Fox, interrupting him, said, "And how much more beautiful than you am I, who am decorated, not in body, but in mind." ¶375
- The best intentions will not always ensure success. ¶378
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